The best train video you’ll see today

Sure, that’s a bold claim. But odds are you don’t watch too many train videos so I’ve got a decent chance of winning on that bet.

Early last month Union Pacific engineers outside Chicago spent the weekend replacing the “Deval diamond,” a transit point for five tracks used for freight and commuter rail service. Getting that replaced without causing mayhem for any of the regular users is no easy task. The 48-hour timeline was planned in spectacular detail and they even managed to make some improvements to the diamond design, like better drainage and fewer bolts holding everything together (in a good way; they’re considered the weak link not the leftover stuff you find once that Ikea furniture is finally assembled).

Too bad Network Rail has been removing all the cool time lapse constructions videos including the one when they drive a railroad bridge into place over a long weekend..Way cooler than track reconstruction. I only watched one train related video today.